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In reply to the discussion: Is anyone else really tired of "Alleged?" [View all]dballance
(5,756 posts)Of course, I never said anyone should be deprived of a fair trial. I believe in them.
But seriously, when you are shot dead in the parking lot of a place of worship after having obviously shot and killed people it's really time to stop saying you're the "alleged" shooter. Come on. Many, brown people peacefully assembling for worship and one white, angry, skinhead guy with known ties to white supremacist groups with at least one Glock in his possession? You really need to wait for a jury of his peers on that one to figure it out?
The fact is so many of these radical, racist groups are abusing the US legal system. They think it's fine and dandy when they can use it to promote gun rights and to try to clear their radical shooters. But when it comes to calling them out and calling them supporters of racism and insurgents who incite people like Daniel Page to violence well then that's just "defamation of character."
Get real and stop being naive. The playing field is not level. Until we start to take it back it never will be.
A murderer caught outside the theater in his defensive garb with weapons is not an "alleged" murderer. A murderer shot dead in the parking lot of a temple after he shot a police officer 8 or 9 times is not an "alleged" murderer. They are murderers.
In the face of obvious facts I don't have to wait for a jury to weigh in to form my opinion. Which, by the way, I am entitled to my opinion.